Improved filling foe beds, cushions



GEORGE C. BARNEY, OF GHICAGU, ILLINIS.

Letters Patent lVo. 78,412, dated J'Z//te 2, 1868.

IMPROVED FILLING I-OR BEDS, CUSHIONS, etc.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

13e it known that I, GEORGE C. BARNEY, of Chicago, in the county ofCook, and State of Illinois, havey invented a new and useful Improvementin Filling for Bells, Cushions, Svc.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to malle and` n'se the samlc.

This invention relates .to a new and useful material for filling beds,cushions, and other articles requiring a light elastic substance for thepurpose.

In the drawings, my invention is illustrated by a transverse sectionalview of a mattress. A represents the covering, and B the {illing of amattress.

My improved filling for beds, mattresses, pillows, cushions, &c.,consists in small pieces or scraps of paper, cut or otherwise formcd'inany desiredshape, und possessing that elastic nature which will keep thepieces apart when laid together in a mass, and enclosed in a bed-tick,pillow-case, or such covering of any suitable material for these orsimilar articles of domestic use.

Small pieces or scraps of paper thus employedv as filling for beds,mattresses, pillow-eases, and the like articles, are extremely soft andelastic, and serve as admirable substitutes for hair, moss, cork,feathers, or other approved substances in general use. The paper scrapsmake an even and luxurious bed, couch, or cushion, and by the change intheir relative position as often as desireihthey give remarkableelasticity, which renders the articles to which they are applied verydurable and serviceable.

'lhis material is very cheap and economical, as compared with feathers,hair, or any other substance possessing equal merit as a filling forbeds, Ste. l

Having described'my invention, what I claim as new', and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new artiele of manufacture, a bed or mattress filled withfpapercut into small pieces, as herein shown and described.

2. The use of paper cut into small pieces, for filling beds,mattresses,cushions, Sie., as herein shown and described. i

"he above specification of my invention signed by me, this tenth day ofOctober, 1867.

GEORGE c. 'BARNESL Witnesses:

JNO. C. ILinnIs, Tnozuss PARKER.

